Liga IV Hunedoara

Liga IV Hunedoara is the county football division of Liga IV for clubs based in Hunedoara County, Romania. The competition is ranked as the fourth tier of the Romanian football league system and is organized by AJF Hunedoara – Asociația Județeană de Fotbal (lit. 'County Football Association').

Liga IV Hunedoara

Founded	1968
Country	Romania
Level on pyramid	4
Promotion to	Liga III
Relegation to	Liga V Hunedoara
Domestic cup(s)	Cupa României Supercupa României
Current champions	Unirea DMO (1st title) (2024–25)
Most championships	Dacia Orăștie (7 titles)
Website	AJF Hunedoara
Current: 2024–25 Liga IV Hunedoara

It is contested by a variable number of teams, depending on the number of teams relegated from Liga III, the number of teams promoted from Liga V Hunedoara, and the teams that withdraw or enter the competition. The winner may or may not be promoted to Liga III, depending on the result of a promotion play-off contested against the winner of a neighboring county series.

History

In 1968, following the new administrative and territorial reorganization of the country,^[1] each county established its own football championship, integrating teams from the former regional championships as well as those that had previously competed in town and rayon level competitions. The freshly formed Hunedoara County Championship was placed under the authority of the newly created Consiliul Județean pentru Educație Fizică și Sport (lit. 'County Council for Physical Education and Sports') in Hunedoara County.

Since then, the structure and organization of Liga IV Hunedoara, like those of other county championships, have undergone numerous changes. Between 1968 and 1992, the main county competition was known as the Campionatul Județean (County Championship). Between 1992 and 1997, it was renamed Divizia C – Faza Județeană (Divizia C – County Phase), followed by Divizia D starting in 1997, and since 2006, it has been known as Liga IV.

Promotion

The champions of each county association play against one another in a play-off to earn promotion to Liga III. Geographical criteria are taken into consideration when the play-offs are drawn. In total, there are 41 county champions plus the Bucharest municipal champion.

List of champions

Hunedoara Regional Championship

Ed. Season Winners 1 1951 Metalul Hunedoara 2 1952 Metalul Hunedoara 3 1953 Constructorul Hunedoara 4 1954 Metalul 108 Cugir 5 1955 Flacăra 14 Orăștie 6 1956 Progresul Brad 7 1957–58 CFR Simeria 8 1958–59 Minerul Aninoasa 9 1959–60 Aurul Brad 10 1960–61 Minerul Deva 11 1961–62 Metalurgistul Cugir 12 1962–63 Victoria Călan 13 1963–64 Minerul Aninoasa 14 1964–65 Știința Petroșani 15 1965–66 Aurul Zlatna 16 1966–67 Aurul Brad 17 1967–68 Știința Petroșani (Valea Jiului Series) Aurul Zlatna (Valea Mureșului Series)

Hunedoara County Championship

Ed. Season Winners 1 1968–69 Minerul Teliuc 2 1969–70 CFR Simeria 3 1970–71 Constructorul Hunedoara 4 1971–72 Dacia Orăștie 5 1972–73 Dacia Orăștie 6 1973–74 Sportul Studențesc Hunedoara 7 1974–75 Constructorul Hunedoara 8 1975–76 FIL Orăștie 9 1976–77 Minerul Vulcan 10 1977–78 Aurul Certej 11 1978–79 Explorări Deva 12 1979–80 Minerul Paroșeni 13 1980–81 Minerul Aninoasa 14 1981–82 Constructorul Hunedoara 15 1982–83 Mecanica Orăștie 16 1983–84 CFR Simeria 17 1984–85 CFR Simeria 18 1985–86 Minerul Ghelari 19 1986–87 Minerul Uricani 20 1987–88 Retezatul Hațeg 21 1988–89 Dacia Orăștie 22 1989–90 Minerul Uricani

Ed. Season Winners 23 1990–91 Parângul Lonea 24 1991–92 Metaloplastica Orăștie 25 1992–93 Parângul Lonea 26 1993–94 Mureșul Deva 27 1994–95 Minerul Certej 28 1995–96 Dacia Orăștie 29 1996–97 Aurul Brad 30 1997–98 Aurul Brad 31 1998–99 Parângul Lonea 32 1999–00 CFR Marmosim Simeria 33 2000–01 Vulcan 34 2001–02 Vulcan 35 2002–03 Minerul Bărbăteni 36 2003–04 Deva II 37 2004–05 Minerul Uricani 38 2005–06 Dacia Orăștie 39 2006–07 CFR Marmosim Simeria 40 2007–08 Dacia Orăștie 41 2008–09 Retezatul Hațeg 42 2009–10 Hunedoara[2] 43 2010–11 Jiul Petroșani[3] 44 2011–12 Vulcan[4]

Ed. Season Winners 45 2012–13 Universitatea Petroșani[5][6] 46 2013–14 Retezatul Hațeg 47 2014–15 Cetate Deva[7] 48 2015–16 Hercules Lupeni[8] 49 2016–17 Inter Petrila[9] 50 2017–18 Hunedoara[10] 51 2018–19 Retezatul Hațeg[11] 52 2019–20 Jiul Petroșani[12] 53 2020–21 Aurul Brad[13] 54 2021–22 Retezatul Hațeg[14] 55 2022–23 Gloria Geoagiu[15] 56 2023–24 Minerul Lupeni[16] 57 2024–25 Unirea DMO[17]

See also

Main Leagues

• Liga I
• Liga II
• Liga III
• Liga IV

County Leagues (Liga IV series)

North–East Liga IV Bacău Liga IV Botoșani Liga IV Iași Liga IV Neamț Liga IV Suceava Liga IV Vaslui

North–West Liga IV Bihor Liga IV Bistrița-Năsăud Liga IV Cluj Liga IV Maramureș Liga IV Satu Mare Liga IV Sălaj

Center Liga IV Alba Liga IV Brașov Liga IV Covasna Liga IV Harghita Liga IV Mureș Liga IV Sibiu

West Liga IV Arad Liga IV Caraș-Severin Liga IV Gorj Liga IV Hunedoara Liga IV Mehedinți Liga IV Timiș

South–West Liga IV Argeș Liga IV Dâmbovița Liga IV Dolj Liga IV Olt Liga IV Teleorman Liga IV Vâlcea

South Liga IV Bucharest Liga IV Călărași Liga IV Giurgiu Liga IV Ialomița Liga IV Ilfov Liga IV Prahova

South–East Liga IV Brăila Liga IV Buzău Liga IV Constanța Liga IV Galați Liga IV Tulcea Liga IV Vrancea